Myanmar-Australia cooperation in revitalization of University of Yangon globalnewlightofmyanmar.com

Since Myanmar?s political transition in 2011, Australia has assisted in many areas of Myanmar?s socio-economic development. The education sector, in particular, has been a high priority in that development. Due to a special and direct request from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as a Member of Parliament in 2013, Australia began assisting in the revitalizing of the University of Yangon (UY), with the aim to develop a flagship University. The assistance from Australia came in the form of providing study tour programmes to introduce the Australian higher education system, sending Australian educational experts to UY for SWOT analysis, and holding a policy dialogue on education in collaboration with the British Council in 2013. The Australian Government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), sponsored these programmes.